Medieval

N. M. Lowick, S. Bendall, P. D. Whitting, The Mardin hoard. Islamic countermarks on Byzantine follies, AH Baldwing & Sons, Ringwood 1977, pp. 79, richly illustrated, 21 cm.

Important contribution for the study of Islamic countermarks on Byzantine coins.

In excellent condition.

S. Bendall, PJ Donald, The Billion Trachea of Michael VIII Palaeologos 1258-1282, AH Baldwin & Sons, sl 1974, pp. XVIII, 44, richly illustrated, 21 cm.

In excellent condition.

Ernesto Bernareggi, The economic system and the coinage of the Lombards in upper Italy, M. Ratto, Milan 1960, pp. XXIX, 207, 15 plates, full cloth binding ed. with gilt titles and decorations on spine and front cover.

Work of great scientific interest.

Small initials of ownership on the first endpaper.

In excellent condition. Rare.

Jacopo de Concina, On the trade of the Romans in Aquileja, for Nicolò and Giovanni Bettoni, Alvisopoli 1810, pp. 71, 1, dedicatory to His Imperial Highness Eugene Napoleon of France, Vice-King of Italy, typographical mark in woodcut on the title page, wonderful chalcographic portrait of the author placed on the frontispiece engraved by G. Ginanni based on a design by L. Zuccolo, 6 beautiful pl. intaglio prints including 5 reproducing coins, 25 cm, splendid and solid contemporary binding in all spotted calfskin, gold decorations on the edges of the plates, on the edges and on the spine, end caps in fine turquoise marbled paper.

Alvisopoli, a hamlet of Fossalta, was commissioned and created in 1800 by the noble Alvise Mocenigo; in 1810, he decided to equip it with a printing press and appointed the printer Niccolò Bettoni as its director. De Concina's publication represented, chronologically, the third printing in the history of this typography. The work was extensively examined and presented by Giovanni Comelli in his work "The Friulian affair of the typography of Alvisopoli" (1985).

Volume embellished with an elegant ex libris on the front pastedown by an illustrious medalist and historian from Trieste.

Exemplary in superb condition, with very fresh paper and wide margins.

Extremely rare work to find complete.

Cesare Gamberini di Scarfea, Monetary imitations and counterfeits in the world. First attempt at a general and practical study for the use of numismatists. Part Three. The main Italian and foreign imitations and counterfeits of coins from medieval and modern Italian mints, Forni Editore, Bologna 1972, pp. 345, richly illustrated, 25 cm, br. and.

Anastatic reprint of the Bologna edition, 1956.

In excellent condition.

Giovanni Pesce, Numismatic writings 1941-1991, Ligurian numismatic circle "Corrado Astengo" section of the Ligurian Society of Homeland History, Genoa 2005, pp. 398, richly illustrated, 30 cm, br. and.

Full-bodied volume in perfect condition. Extremely rare.

Francesco Muntoni, The coins of the popes and papal states, 4 volumes, P. & P. Santamaria, Rome 1972-1974, first edition, pp. 1249 overall, ill., 224 plates, 31 cm, imitation leather ed. with titles and decorations in gold on the back and on the front plate.

Volume I: pp. XLVIII, 240, 45 plates.

Volume II: pp. 288, 46-104 plates.

Volume III: pp. 308, 105-172 plates.

Volume IV: pp. 365, 173-224 plates.

Fundamental work for the study of the examined coins.

In excellent condition.

Very rare.

Giuseppe Lunardi, The coins of the Genoese colonies, Ligurian society of homeland history, Genoa 1980, pp. 317, rich in illustrations, 5 tablets. folded, cm 24, br. and.

In perfect condition. Rare.

Luigi Simonetti, Medieval and modern Italian coins. House of Savoy, 3 vols., Tipografia Poggiali, Ravenna 1967-1969, pp. 1308 overall, richly illustrated in b&w and col., 25 cm, splendid full green leather binding with titles and decorations on the spine and boards.

Volume I, From Oddone Conte (1056) to Carlo Emanuele I Duke (1630), 1967, pp. 485.

Volume II, From Vittorio Amedeo I (1630) to Vittorio Emanuele I (1821), 1968, pp. 386.

Volume III, From Vittorio Emanuele II (1861) to Vittorio Emanuele III (1946). Coinage abroad. Monetary weights, 1969, pp. 437.

Blooms and traces of use on the spine of volume 3, otherwise the work is perfectly usable and in more than good condition.

Maria Amalia De Luca, The coins with Arabic legend of the Municipal Library of Palermo, presentation by Filippo Guttuso, Part I, sn, Palermo 1998, pp. XXXIX, 399, richly illustrated, 31 cm, elegant cloth binding with titles, gold decorations on plates and spine and dust jacket.

Aere perennius necklace. Catalogues, 1.

At the top of the title page: City of Palermo, Department of Culture, Municipal Library.

Part I was the only one published. Work of significant scientific interest.

In perfect condition. Very rare.

David R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values, second edition revised and enlarged, With the collaboration of Simon Bendall and Michael Dennis O'Hara, Seaby, London 1987, pp. 526, richly illustrated, 23 cm, full canvas binding ed. with gilt titles on spine and dust jacket.

In perfect condition.

Luigi Simonetti, Handbook of medieval and modern Italian numismatics. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, 2 vols., Tipografia Poggiali, Ravenna, pp. 1243 overall, 25 cm, splendid binding in all leather with gold titles on the spine and embossed decorations on the spine and plates.

Volume I: Chronology, Acaia-Avisan, 1965, pp. 627.

Volume II: Chronology, Banias-Bologna, 1967, pp. 616.

The first two volumes were the only ones to be published and analyze a total of 108 mints.

Traces of use and lacks in the margins of the spine of the first volume, second volume in excellent condition.

Luigi Simonetti, Handbook of medieval and modern Italian numismatics. From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, vol. 2, Poggiali Typography, Ravenna 1967, pp. 616, 25 cm, splendid full leather binding with gold titles on the spine and embossed decorations on the spine and plates.

This is the second of only two volumes published for this work, in which 36 mints are analyzed, sorted alphabetically by Banias in Bologna.

Slight traces of use, otherwise in a more than good general state of conservation.

Salvatore Ferraro, The coins of Gaeta with an appendix on the medals. Work adorned with 79 drawings and photoengraving, Melfi & Joele Typography, Naples 1915, pp. 135, richly illustrated, 30 cm, br. and.

Edition of 500 copies.

Slight traces of use on the paperback, otherwise in excellent condition, partially intact.

A very rare classic of the twentieth century numismatic literature in original edition.

Matteo Camera, Important discovery of the famous tareno of Amalfi and of another unpublished coin of the doge Mansone III, Stamperia del Fibreno, Naples 1872, pp. 38 with beautiful woodcut engravings of the coins presented, cm 24, br. and. blue protected by coeval blank paper.

A classic of 19th century numismatic literature.

Small stamp of belonging to the title page.

Some flowering, otherwise in excellent condition.

Extremely rare.

Palmiero Palmieri, Opera omnia, S. Bernardino Graphic Arts Establishment, Siena 1917, pp. 142 with beautiful small headings, richly illustrated, 4 large folded geographical maps, 25 cm, br. and. with titles in red and black.

Collection of studies by the Tuscan numismatist Palmiero Palmieri (1873-1925): Unpublished coins of the House of Savoy (illustrated); The populace of the Florentine Republic (illustrated); Lucca. Denarius of Conrad I Emperor 1016-1030 (illustrated); The last coin minted in Casale Monferrato (illustrated); An Imitation Sienese Coin (illustrated); Contribution to the Corpus Nummorum Italicorum (illustrated). To the numismatic writings are added contributions from other disciplines: Notes on agricultural geology; Alfalfa (gleaning from old pages); Excursion in the country of the Cunama (Colonia Eritrea). Palmiero Palmieri donated his rich coin collection and his library to the Archaeological Museum of Siena.

Text embellished with a long dedication by the author, dated March 1920, on the first flyleaf.

In excellent condition.

Extremely rare due to the limited edition.